Calera Central Coast Pinot Noir 2022

Calera Central Coast Pinot Noir 2022 is an inviting, supple, and beautifully balanced red wine that offers a harmonious expression of cool-climate maritime vineyards spanning California's Central Coast. It opens with alluring aromas of wild raspberry, Bing cherry, and pomegranate, accented by dried sage, green peppercorn, sweet tobacco leaf, and light oak spice. On the palate, it exhibits a smooth, medium-bodied texture framed by gentle, fine-grained tannins, delivering layers of baked plum, strawberry, and cranberry alongside subtle savory herbs, lavender, and citrus peel that carry into a long, vibrant finish.

Food Pairing: Pairs wonderfully with duck breast, roasted pork tenderloin, grilled salmon, mushroom risotto, or mild cheeses like Gruyère and Comté.

93 Points - Wine Enthusiast

This priced-to-sell appellation blend gives hints of what the single-vineyard expressions can do in a more accessible manner. Aromas of pomegranate, green peppercorn and oregano decorate the nose. The palate shows baked plum and strawberry flavors as well as Calera’s telltale showing of terpeneladen herbs like bay leaf and marjoram.

91 Points - James Suckling 

A beautiful, balanced and easygoing wine with almost-sweet cherry and plum flavors on a big, broad texture. Strawberries, red cherries, sweet plums, light baking spices and vanilla bean on light tannins

90 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The 2022 Pinot Noir Central Coast is a lovely introduction to the modern era at Calera, opening with a fragrant, dark-fruited nose lifted by pure herbal and spice aromas. The palate is supple and deftly concentrated, finishing on a balanced note framed by gentle acidity and subtle grip.